{"id":1195955,"date":"2022-08-31T20:08:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T20:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/31\/holly-madison-hugh-hefner-used-fake-crying-to-manipulate-us-super-weird\/"},"modified":"2022-08-31T20:08:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T20:08:46","slug":"holly-madison-hugh-hefner-used-fake-crying-to-manipulate-us-super-weird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/31\/holly-madison-hugh-hefner-used-fake-crying-to-manipulate-us-super-weird\/","title":{"rendered":"Holly Madison: Hugh Hefner Used Fake Crying to Manipulate Us! Super Weird &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>With former Playmates sharing their harrowing \u201cfirst time\u201d stories with Hugh Hefner, we knew that more was coming.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt are sharing behind-the-scenes details.<\/p>\n<p>As always, there is a huge difference between sexual liberation and the predatory, manipulative, exploitative world that they describe.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, the manipulations were downright hamfisted \u2014 with Hugh Hefner \u201cfake crying\u201d to get his way.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript\/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"667\" alt=\"Holly Madison, Hugh Hefner, Sheila Levell\" class=\"wp-image-147229 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/holly-madison-hugh-hefner-sheila-levell-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Playboy bunny Sheila Levell, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and Playboy bunny Holly Madison perform a scene during the filming of a commercial for \u2018X Games IX\u2019 at the Playboy Mansion May 6, 2003 in Holmby Hills, California.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is kinda sad, man.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on their podcast, Girls Next Level, Holly and Bridget recalled how Hugh Hefner managed them.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, there were incentives \u2014 like money and a sense of community \u2014 for the girls to be there with him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"520\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/the-girls-next-door-picture.jpg\" alt=\"The Girls Next Door Picture\" class=\"wp-image-198979\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"520\" height=\"317\" alt=\"The Girls Next Door Picture\" class=\"wp-image-198979 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/the-girls-next-door-picture.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>The Girls Next Door, Holly Madison, Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt. Bunch of characters right there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But the Bunnies were all people. Young women, specifically.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, they were deep in their feelings. Other times, they didn\u2019t want to do something.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, the late magazine mogul would fake crying in order to get his way.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hugh-hefner-ahoy-676x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Hugh Hefner, Ahoy!\" class=\"wp-image-242415\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Hugh Hefner, Ahoy!\" class=\"wp-image-242415 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hugh-hefner-ahoy-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Hugh Hefner rarely goes anywhere without his captain\u2019s hat on. The man is doing pretty well at age 90.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf we were emotional about something or asking for something,\u201d Holly recalled, \u201che would start fake crying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was such bad acting and so obvious,\u201d she described.<\/p>\n<p>For a time, Holly thought that she was the only one who had noticed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/holly-madison-the-playboy-mansion-was-a-toxic-gaslighting-cult-1024x651.png\" alt=\"Holly Madison: The Playboy Mansion was a Toxic Gaslighting Cult!\" class=\"wp-image-413042\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"651\" alt=\"Holly Madison: The Playboy Mansion was a Toxic Gaslighting Cult!\" class=\"wp-image-413042 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/holly-madison-the-playboy-mansion-was-a-toxic-gaslighting-cult.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>She characterized his weaponization of tears against her and the girls as \u201cgaslighting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s \u2026 not really what that word means. But it certainly is dishonest and manipulative.<\/p>\n<p>And Holly correctly pointed out that he already had \u201call the power in the relationship.\u201d Why use these tactics?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"938\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hugh-hefner-in-a-hat-938x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Hugh Hefner in a Hat\" class=\"wp-image-242337\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"938\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Hugh Hefner in a Hat\" class=\"wp-image-242337 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hugh-hefner-in-a-hat-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFor the longest time I never talked to anybody about it,\u201d Holly admitted on the podcast.<\/p>\n<p>This, she explained, was \u201cbecause I thought maybe I was the only one noticing this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was, oddly enough, when Kendra Wilkinson joined the group that Holly realized that she wasn\u2019t the only one.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kendra-and-holly-picture-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"Kendra and Holly Picture\" class=\"wp-image-224290\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" alt=\"Kendra and Holly Picture\" class=\"wp-image-224290 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kendra-and-holly-picture.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Kendra Wilkinson and Holly Madison, posing for the cameras. Couple of real winners at life.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBut I remember, not long after Kendra moved in, she goes, \u2018Does Hef fake cry?\u2019\u201d Holly recalled.<\/p>\n<p>She described Kendra saying: \u201c\u2018Because I was talking to him and he started fake crying.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Madison shared her reaction: \u201cI was like, \u2018Finally, I know I\u2019m not insane.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"553\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/holly-madison-responds-to-kendra-backlash-not-surprising-faker.png\" alt=\"Holly Madison Responds to Kendra Backlash: Not Surprising, FAKER!\" class=\"wp-image-198896\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"553\" height=\"344\" alt=\"Holly Madison Responds to Kendra Backlash: Not Surprising, FAKER!\" class=\"wp-image-198896 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/holly-madison-responds-to-kendra-backlash-not-surprising-faker.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt was insane how obvious it was,\u201d Holly elaborated, \u201cand how bad the acting was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut,\u201d she said of the dynamic, \u201cyou can\u2019t say anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holly explained that this was \u201cbecause he\u2019s the one who has all the power in the relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"453\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hugh-hefner-speaks-on-bill-cosby.jpg\" alt=\"Hugh Hefner Speaks on Bill Cosby\" class=\"wp-image-178525\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"453\" height=\"340\" alt=\"Hugh Hefner Speaks on Bill Cosby\" class=\"wp-image-178525 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hugh-hefner-speaks-on-bill-cosby.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Overall, Holly felt that his behavior was absurd. This man was a business magnate and a living legend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was insanity and something I never would have expected from a cultural icon,\u201d Holly reasoned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just had this idea in my mind of what I thought Hef was going to be,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"741\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/holly-madison-stop-believing-lies-about-girls-next-door.png\" alt=\"Holly Madison: I Was Gaslit Into Telling LIES About Girls Next Door!\" class=\"wp-image-404719\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"741\" height=\"484\" alt=\"Holly Madison: I Was Gaslit Into Telling LIES About Girls Next Door!\" class=\"wp-image-404719 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/holly-madison-stop-believing-lies-about-girls-next-door.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Holly\u2019s previous assumptions had been \u201cbased on what he\u2019d accomplished and what I saw from a distance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reality strayed pretty far from her expectations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd he\u2019s a fake crier,\u201d Holly remarked. Yeah, that\u2019s super weird.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With former Playmates sharing their harrowing \u201cfirst time\u201d stories with Hugh Hefner, we knew that more was coming. Once again, Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt are sharing behind-the-scenes details. As always, there is a huge difference between sexual liberation and the predatory, manipulative, exploitative world that they describe. Sometimes, the manipulations were downright hamfisted \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1195956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1195955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrity-gossip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1195955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1195955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1195955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1195955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}